By Friday night, 9,400 acres of rugged land was charred and the blaze was 0 percent contained.

Numerous resources including air tankers arrived Friday to assist with suppression efforts. No injuries were reported.

Officials said nine structures and four out buildings have been lost.

The La Veta Fairgrounds (4-H Barn) was accepting large and small animal evacuees.

Huerfano County Sheriff Bruce Newman said the fire was at least 13 miles away from Walsenburg.

Although it was moving east, Newman said the winds could shift the fire at any time.

Two large air tankers dropped red slurry over the blaze while Chinook helicopters poured water on hot spots.

Huerfano County Commissioner Max Vezzani said he continues to be optimistic about the firefighting efforts.

“Fire crews are doing a great job . . . Our goal remains the same — keep people safe, get folks out of harm’s way,” Vezzani said.

The incident management team assigned to the fire Friday transitioned into the Rocky Mountain Incident Command Type II team at 6 p.m.

There were mandatory evacuations in place for the Blackhawk Ranch subdivision, the Silver Spurs subdivision, from Walsenburg south to the Huerfano and Las Animas county lines and everything east of La Veta to Interstate 25.

Newman said 75 homes remained in the mandatory evacuation area and 500-plus homes were in the pre-evacuation area. On Wednesday, 177 Boy Scouts were evacuated from the Spanish Peaks Boy Scout Ranch. A building on the ranch was destroyed, officials said. The Boy Scouts have all returned to their homes.

Gov. John Hickenlooper signed an executive order to declare a disaster emergency related to the East Peak Fire. It authorizes the transfer of $3 million from the Disaster Emergency Fund to pay for the fire suppression, response and recovery effort related to the fire since its inception.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency authorized the use of federal resources to help with firefighting costs for the fire. The funds come in the form of a Fire Management Assistance Grant, which the state requested.

“Our firefighters and first responders need all the resources they can get at this critical time,” said Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet. “This federal grant will help support their efforts battling this fire.”

A smoky haze clouded the landscape along I-25 from Pueblo to Aguilar. The sky to the south of Trinidad was clear Friday morning.

Residents in La Veta and Walsenburg were going about their daily business as fire trucks and law enforcement vehicles cluttered the streets.

More than 150 firefighters responded from La Veta, Pueblo County, Pinon Canyon, Huerfano County, Colorado State Patrol, Boulder Rural Fire, the U.S. Forrest Service and others.